On Feb. 24, NECIR reporter Beth Daley received a $15,000 grant to report on the genetic testing industry as part of the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism. According to the Harold W. McGraw Jr. Center for Business Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which created the twice-yearly fellowship in 2014, it enables "accomplished journalists to do the deep reporting needed to produce a distinguished investigative or enterprise business story."
Beth will use the fellowship to explore the increasing use of genetic diagnostic tests, their costs and the medical industry’s role in promoting them. Daley covered environment, science and education for the Boston Globe for more than two decades before joining NECIR. She was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2008 for stories examining the impact of climate change on New England and a 2011 Knight Fellow at Stanford University. Much of her recent reporting has focused on the medical testing industry.
Three other veteran journalists join Beth as spring 2015 McGraw Fellows. They will receive a $5,000-per-month stipend for up to three months, alongside editorial assistance.
Be sure to read Beth's previous reporting on the medical testing industry: